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## The Scattering of the Eager Refusal
To protect all his maternal grandfather's people, who were being looted, he quickly uprooted them with his knowledge and brought them to the Neelavati mountain. ||122||
Filled with anger, the Kūṇika then, with his well-trained elephants, encircled that city, and after covering it with ploughs, he returned to his own city, having fulfilled his vow. ||123||
Kūlavalaka, a cunning man, died and went to hell. But he was rescued from there and will wander in the endless cycle of existence. ||124||
Just as Kūlavalaka, the Muni, experienced suffering, so too will an unrefined Muni.
To avoid such arrogance, one should follow the humility of the true Guru, as taught by the good disciples. ||125||
## 4. The Story of Gosala in the Trishatishalaka Purushacharita, in the Meditation on Anger
Having said this, the Lord then went to Shravasti, dwelling there. In that city, in the garden called Kosthaka, ||1||
There, the one who had been struck by the brilliance of the Lord's radiance, and who had knowledge of the eight auspicious signs, and who was aware of the minds of all beings, ||2||
Gosala, the potter of the Halahala pot, who was also known as Ajina, proclaimed himself to be a Jina. ||3||
(Pair) Hearing of his fame, people with deluded minds, went to him again and again, and constantly worshipped him. ||4||
At that time, Gautama, with the permission of his Master, entered the city, desiring to perform the sixth fast. ||5||
Hearing that Gosala was there, the all-knowing Arhat, Gautama, filled with sorrow, went to the presence of the Lord. ||6||
Having performed the fast properly, Gautama, at the appropriate time, asked the Lord, in the presence of the people of the city, with a pure mind. ||7||
"Lord, in this city, all the people say that Gosala is the all-knowing one. Is this true or not?" ||8||
Then the Blessed One said, "This son of Mankhala, Ajina, is another Jina, Gosala is a deceiver. ||9||
He was initiated by me, and I taught him. He has embraced falsehood. He is not the all-knowing one, Gautama!" ||10||
Hearing the words of the Master, the people of the city, from that time onwards, spoke to each other in the four directions and in the three worlds. ||11||
"Oh, the Arhat has come! The valiant Lord speaks the truth. Gosala, the son of Mankhala, is a deceiver, not the all-knowing one." ||12||
Hearing this from the people, Gosala, like a venomous snake, filled with anger, stood surrounded by his followers. ||13||
At that time, Ananda, the senior monk, a disciple of the Master, entered the city to perform the sixth fast. ||14||
Gosala, sitting in his Halahala house, saw Ananda entering the city. Calling him, with arrogance, he said, ||15||
"Oh Ananda! Your teacher, desiring honour from the people, is trying to belittle me in the assembly. ||16||
He calls me, the son of Mankhala, unworthy and not the all-knowing one. He does not know my power to burn my opponents with the brilliance of my radiance. ||17||
I will reduce him to ashes, along with his followers. I